I’ve been thinking a lot about investment and financing for small farm operations (small and medium enterprises in agriculture also known as SMEs). Social impact investments, that is, investments that are made with a social impact goals as well as a financial goal, are skyrocketing. Public and private partnerships are strengthening the idea that investing in businesses that have a positive social or environmental impact goal means bridging the gap between development and business growth- unleashing the power of entrepreneurship on some of the globes most pressing problems.
Exciting stuff, no doubt. I’m pretty excited about my research in this area and what our greater group work at CIAT is going towards - here’s a great blog post I just wrapped up for our project website.
Check it out! Goldilocks and the too big, too small problem agroenterprise investment.
Katie,
It’s chase. Email me. I’d love to catch up
Chase
April 5th, 2010
Hey Katie! It was great to meet you and Nick in the Amazons and connect with some other gringos living in Cali! Let’s all meet up sometime if you get a chance! Let me know!
Kristin
Kristin
April 6th, 2010
Kristin! We had so much fun with you last night! So happy you guys live so close, what a small world. Oh, and cool blog by the way! See you this week or something soon!
Katie Ricketts
April 11th, 2010
Chase - I don’t have your email for some reason!
Katie Ricketts
April 11th, 2010
Chase- I particularly need to talk to you about some other news that you’ll find interesting! EMAIL ME!
Katie Ricketts
April 11th, 2010